John Quincy Adams Ward
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English: John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, who is most familiar for his over-lifesize standing statue of George Washington (1883) on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street.
Public Sculpture
[edit]- 1866 Indian Hunter, in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City
- 1867 "The Good Samaritan" Sculpture, Ether Monument, Boston Public Garden, Boston, MA
- 1868 "Matthew Perry Monument", Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
- 1869 "Seventh Regiment Memorial", Central Park, New York City.[1] The bronze of a standing Union soldier is set on a high granite pedestal along the West Carriage Drive at 69th Street. Actor and dramatist en:Steele MacKaye, who served in the 7th Regiment, was its model.
- 1871 Major General John F. Reynolds Statue, en:Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
- 1872 William Shakespeare, Central Park, New York City[2]
- 1874 Seventh Regiment Memorial, Central Park, New York City
- 1878 William Gilmore Simms, White Point Garden, Charleston, South Carolina
- 1879 en:Major General George Henry Thomas, Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
- 1881 "Victory" (statue), Yorktown Victory Monument, Yorktown, Virginia
- 1881 General en:Daniel Morgan Monument, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- 1882 George Washington, Federal Hall, New York City
- 1883 Lafayette, University of Vermont, en:Burlington, Vermont
- 1884 "The Pilgrim" (statue), Central Park, New York City
- 1887 James A. Garfield Monument, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
- 1891 Henry Ward Beecher Monument, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
- 1893 Governor Horace Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, VT
- 1898 Equestrian statue of General en:Winfield S. Hancock, en:Smith Memorial Arch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1903 Integrity Protecting the Works of Man, pediment of the New York Stock Exchange Building, Manhattan, New York City
- 1910 Financier August Belmont, Newport, Rhode Island
- 1916 General Phillip H. Sheridan Statue, East Capitol Park, Albany, New York (installed posthumously)
Works
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Ether Monument 1867, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
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George Washington, 1883, in front of Federal Hall in New York City
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The Pilgrim, 1884, Central Park, New York City
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Israel Putnam statue - Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT
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"Victory" Statue, Yorktown Victory Monument, Yorktown, VA
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(2), detail
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Major General George Henry Thomas at Thomas Circle
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(2)
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John F. Reynolds monument at Gettysburg Battlefield
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(2)
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Commodore Matthew Perry statue, Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island
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August Belmont statue, Newport, Rhode Island
- ↑ The bronze is signed J.Q.A. WARD 1869
- ↑ William Shakespeare statue. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (2007-02-12). Retrieved on 2008-10-22.